Heel



March 19, 1935. G. FILIPPELLI HEEL Filed Jan. 5, 1934 INVENTOR Gamay a?f1 dope/[t M ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 1 9, 1935 UNITED" STATES PATENTOFFICE Giuseppe Filippelli, BrooklymN. Y. Application January" 5, 1934,seri No. 705,319

, f Claims. (01. 364.2

The present invention relates to heels,- and more particularlyto thetype which is removable, replaceable or interchangeable.-

The principal objectof this invention is to pro- 5 vide novel andimproved means whereby heels may be attached to shoes in such a manneras to be easily capableof being removed,'replaced or interchanged by thewearer withoutthe need of any special skill.

Another object of my present invention is to provide novel and improvedmeans of the type described, whereby the heel of any shoe may beconveniently detached therefrom and attached to another shoe.

A further object hereof, is to provide a novel means of improvedconstruction, whereby any single pair of shoes, as for instance, a pairof ladies fancy pumps, may be fitted with any of many pairs of heels ofdifferent styles or designs as the occasion may dictate.

Another object is to provide novel and improved connecting means forfacilitating secure mounting of the heel onto the shoe body.

Another object is to provide means of the class described, improved andnovel in construction, which is cheap to manufacture, easy to use andefiicient and well adapted for the purpose intended.

To attain these objects, in an embodiment of my prevent invention, Iprovide a slide member adapted to fit into and to be conveniently re-.movable from a channel member.- The former is provided with sidewise.extending tongues, while the latter is provided with a series ofcorrespondingly positioned yieldable sockets, into which the tongues setand become engaged; one of said members being secured to the shoe body,and the other being secured to the heel.

This invention is capable of numerous forms and various applicationswithout departing from the essential features herein disclosed. It istherefore intended and desired that the embodiment shown herein bedeemed illustrative and not restrictive, and that the patent shall coverwhatever features of patentable novelty exist in the inventiondisclosed; reference being'had to the appended claims rather than to thespecific description herein to indicate the scope of the invention- Inthe accompanying drawing, forming part of this application,similarcharacters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all theviews.

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing the slide member.

Fig. 2 is ,a similar view showing the channel member.

Fig. 3 is a perspective View showing the slide member mounted upon theheel seat of a shoe body.

Fig. 4 is a similar view showing the channel member mounted upon a heelwhich is to be detachablysecured to the shoe body.

Fig. 5 is a section taken at line 5-5 in Fig. 3, butshowing the heelsecured to the shoe body 10 with .the slide member within the channelmember. V

Fig. 6 is a section taken at line6-6 in Fig. 2.

In the drawing, the numeral 10 designates generally a slide member whichisadapted toreceive 15 thereon a channel member which is generallydesignated by the numeral 11.

The slide member 10, preferably of sheet metal, consists of asubstantially elongated trapezoidal plate portion 12, pointed at itsnarrower end 13, 20 having pairs of sidewis'e extending tongues 14 and15 and provided with opposite pairs of perpendicularly extending spacerelements 16, which terminate in nail portions 1'7. This member 10, issecured to the shoe body 18, at the exterior heel 25 region called theheel seat thereof, with point 13 towards the heel end of the shoe body18. In the construction shown, the spacer elements are cut in and bentup to leave the marginal flange portions 19.

The channel member 11, also of sheet metal, is shaped to admit the plateportion 12 within its up-and-in turned ends, in particular, the channelsegments 20, which receive the flange portions 19, and the segment 21for the admission 35 of the pointed end 13, while in the yieldable andresilient sidewise extending sockets 22 and 23, snap the tongues 14 and15, serving thereby to lock the member 10 within the member 11, wherebythe heel 24, onto which the member 11 4,0 is secured within the recess25, becomes attached to the shoe body 18. 7

With not too much force, the heel 24, can be readily detached by slidingit away from the toe end of the shoe body 18, for upon so doing, thetongues 14 and 15, will free themselves from the grip of the sockets 22and 23 respectively.

In the manner above set forth, any number of heels of different designand character, each having mounted thereon a member 11, can bechosen'from, to be easily attached and detached to and from a shoe bodyfitted. with a member 10.

To secure this member 10, referring to Fig. 5, thernail portions 17thereof are driven through the shoe body outer component 26, and throughits inner lining 2'7, over which the pointed projecting ends of saidnail portions 17, are bent;

' perfect contact with the shoe body 18.

It is tio be riotfedgtliat theso'chet segments?) and 23", areindependent of the channel segments 20, to give the former greaterelasticity, which condition is further enhanced by the slits Also note,that the leather tongue 31, in being. pasted over the breast surface ofthe heel 24', serves to hide the members 10 aiidll, by closing theircompartment in the combination setiorth.

Having described my invention, I'claimz- 1. In combination, a shoe body,a heel body, a slide member secured to one of said bodies "providedwitha sidewise extending tongue, and a channel member within which the slidemember is positiohed, s'ecured to the other of said bodies; said channelmember being proyided with a sidewise extending yieldable socket withinwhilchj th e slide member tongue his 2. In combination a shoe body, aslide member secured to theshoe body at its external heel region andspaced therefrom, said slide member beingpro'vided with tongues oneither side thereof 'eirt'e'nding towards the side of the shoe body, aheel, and a channel member within which the slide member is' positioned,secured onto thehe'el;

said channel member being provided withyieldable s'bcket's"extehdingtowards each side of the heel,within which the slide member tongues fit.

3. In a shoe heel attachment structure of the body being provided withsidewise extending tongues, and a channel member within which the slidemember is positioned, comprising a sheet body having its side ends 'insegments bent over upon themselves forming a pairof channel componentswherein the slide member rests as aforesaid, and aipair of yieldablesockets within which the slide member tongues fit; one of said membersbeing adapted to be'mounted upon the heel ,rest'o'f ashoe'body, and theother of said mem-' bers being adaptedto be secured upon a heel;

4. Iii ashoe heel attachmentstructure of the class described, a slidemember comprising a,

trapezoidal sheet body having spacer elements extending perpendicularlyfrom fone face'thereof,

and'sidewise' extending=tonguep0rtibns nearieach vertex thereof, and acha'nnelinember within which: the slide 'member is positioned,comprising 'a similar shaped body sheet portionihaving sidewiseextendingyieldable socket elements near 'each of its verticies within which theslide memer tonguesvfit, and apairi'of channel segments intermediatesaid socket elements wherein the slide memberrestsas aforesaid; one ofsai'd'mem- 'bers being adapted to. be-mounted upon a heel

